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On the front page of the French press, the results of the third day of mobilization yesterday against the pension reform.
As for the unions, the mass is said: yesterday's mobilization is a huge success, with nearly 1.8 million people gathered throughout France. A figure taken up by La Marseillaise , which announces that there will be "no truce for the anger" of the demonstrators, who demand the outright withdrawal of the government project. 1.8 million people, this is also the figure for L'Humanité , which speaks of a "huge mobilization throughout France", of a "popular wave", which would show "the net refusal" of the French to "Sacrifice (their) old days and, with them, national solidarity". Liberation refers to the figure of "hundreds of thousands of people" - closer to that of the Interior Ministry, which counted nearly 600,000 demonstrators. Sufficient mobilization, in any case, to "put power under pressure", according to Libé, who warns the government that "wisdom would like it not to play proudly". Discussions with the unions resume today in Matignon, despite the departure of Jean-Paul Delevoye, who had to resign because of the affair of his mandates.
Prime Minister Edouard Philippe displays his “total determination” to reform. The government would be all the more determined not to deviate from its trajectory, as it would bet on a decline in mobilization, according to Les Echos , who ensure that this ebb was already perceptible yesterday, since almost 200,000 people fewer demonstrated, compared to the first day of mobilization on December 5. "The unions miss their bet," asserts the newspaper, while Le Figaro is delighted to see Edouard Philippe stay straight in his boots: facing the unions, "it will be long, but the obstacle is passable". Le Parisien / Today in France , worries about the cost of the strike and underlines the financial impact of strikes for companies, restaurateurs, hoteliers, merchants, but also for individuals, forced to juggle their constraints , family in particular. This has the effect of increasing their invoices, for daycare costs, for example. A cost that can "quickly turn public opinion", and turn against unions, according to Le Parisien .
Like the Parisian , The Financial Times points to the cost of mobilization: "The pension revolt strangles France", headlines the British daily, referring to "the confrontation" between the unions and President Emmanuel Macron. In Switzerland, the designer Chapatte, for the newspaper Le Temps , jokes about this social movement in the run-up to the end-of-year holidays and shows the boss of the CGT, Philippe Martinez, who does not want to hear about a truce, accusing Santa Claus for being a "scab." The foreign press, quoted Courrier International, notes, as a whole, the union unity of the sling against the reform, welcoming, like the Argentinian newspaper Clarin , the presence of moderate and reforming unions, alongside the "hardest" Or worried, like The New York Times , about the continuation of strikes, which could "have a serious impact on the morale of travelers throughout the country", during the holidays.
Note also, the decision of Pope Francis to lift the papal secret on sexual abuse within the Church. L'Osservatore Romano , the Vatican newspaper, announces that information on reports, trials and verdicts regarding sexual assault will now be made more public. An advertisement widely commented on by the Italian press. "The pope wants justice to be done", headlines La Repubblica , which also returns to the front page, on "the great protest movement in Paris". Italian newspaper sees Pope's decision "an accusation against omerta in many dioceses" and reports that the Vatican also announces the retirement of the nuncio in France, Luigi Ventura, accused by at least three men of assault sexual rights and whose diplomatic immunity was lifted by the Vatican last July, thus opening the way to legal proceedings. "Hallelujah," quips Il Manifesto . The communist daily speaks of a "historic decision, which opens the way for the Vatican's collaboration with foreign magistrates".
A word of football, to finish. The Spanish sports daily obviously devote their front page to the Clasico between Barça and Real Madrid this evening. A match that will be fought in a climate of great tension, with calls to demonstrate around the Barcelona stadium, by several Catalan independence organizations. Hence the desire of daily newspapers to play down the meeting. "It's just a game ... but it's the biggest game in the world," said Marca , citing Zinedine Zidane, Real Madrid coach. Obviously, the French, they are backwards. "More than a match," headlines the French sports daily L'Equipe .
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